statvfs() weirdness on alpha (RH-7.2 and CentOS-4.2)

[Oliver Falk]

Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:37:46AM +0100, Oliver Falk wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On 11/14/2005 07:48 AM, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
>>> [ ... ]
>>>   
>>>>> For now I changed 64-bits fields in /usr/inclide/bits/typesizes.h 
>>>>>       
>>> OK, this sounds like a fix, that should hit mainstream as well
>>>   
>>
>> Hm, this sounds more like a workaround for a bug in glibc applied in
>> order to avoid recompilation of everything which depends on glibc.  It
>> appears that you will get screwed for a change if you will need from
>> stat values which do not fit into 32 bits.  Not that this worked too
>> well so far.  That probably violates some definitions/expectations 
>> too.  No idea what long range consequences are one way or another.
>>  
>>
> Yes, you are correct - it is work around. :) It is too late to rebuild 
> everything.
> The correct fix will be in FC5 (devel).

Oh yes, my mistake. I wanted Sergey to post the _real fix_ to 
glibc-people; Of course not the workaround... :-)

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